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1 he CHEMA WA AMERICAN
LOCAL
Louis Matt and Frank Ambrose are new pupils en
rolled this week.
Isabel Hewson, Mary and Della Snider arrived at
Chemawa last week.
Miss Lundquist is the licensed pilot of a new Ford
of which she is the sole owner.
Hilda Jackson, a former student, returned to school
just recently from her home in Tahola, Washington.
The farmers have all of their fall seeding of grain
finished and are now patiently awaiting a good rain that
they may see their crops grow.
Mr. Teter has a new Ford sedan. This is to replace
the one that he recently had demolished when it was
struck by a Southern Pacific train.
Little “Bobbie” Downie and Peter Herman Hauser
had their tonsils removed last week. Both little fel
lows came through the ordeal with their colors high.
Mr. Bond, our new chef at the students’ dining room,
reports that he is well pleased with the conduct of our
young people during meal times, but be thinks that
they can do still better—and will.
Our Boy Scouts have reorganized with two full troops
under direction of Mr. Bent with Mr. Decorah acting
as Scout Master lor one of the troops. Daniel Lemery,
Victor Smith and Harvey Sharo are acting as assistant
Scout Masters and taking training as camp directors’
Dr. Collard, who is at Chemawa temporarily, has
been quite busy of late removing infected and unlikely-
looking tonsils for our students. This work keeps
the entire hospital force occupied practically day and
night. Every case has been one of success and much
suffering will be avoided in the future.
Mr. Kunkel has just received a letter from Grover
Yellowbird who while here was a member of our band
under direction of Mr. Kunkel. At the time of writ
ing Grover was stationed at Fort McDowell, California,
enlisted as a bandsman in the United States Army, and
was soon to be transferred to the Hawaiian Islands for
service. He passed his musical examination at Van
couver Barracks, Wash.
“Tomorrow” is ever visualized hopefully as the
harbinger of many desirable possibilities. Better things
are expected to come to pass “tomorrow;” we will
do “thus and so” tomorrow. What a world of dreams
depend upon “tomorrow!” And often they come
true. Well, “Thanksgiving Day” is to be with us
again “tomorrow,” and we are thanktul, indeed, to
be at Chemawa in good health and carefree, in the
enjoyment of far more than is in any way necessary
for our health and happiness—and “tomorrow” we
hope to vanquish the Salem High School football team.
Oh! the possibilities of “Tomorrow.”
Mr. Ross, who is in charge of all of our campus
work, says that ere long there is going to be a shortage
of leaves about the grounds, to the especial satisfaction
of his detail of boys. The falling of leaves from our
maples during fall and early winter makes an immense
amount of work for many hands. It is a trying task.
Last Wednesday the flag was at half-mast at Che
mawa in honor of the late James W. Good, Secretary
of War of the United States. Sad as it may seem, the
laws of the universe are fixed and the destiny of man
is death, sooner or later, and the Grim Reaper cuts
down the old and the young, the high and the low,
with absolute impartially. In the death of Secretary
Good the nation has sustained a distinct loss.
We are pleased to report a visit from Messrs. Jerry
Brunoe and Harry Miller of Warmspring, Or. Both
were students here at Chemawa away back in the ’80s
and both are prominent and progressive citizens of
their community. They had taken a carload of cattle
to Portland markets and took advantage of the oppor
tunity to visit their old school. Ernest Brunoe, now
an employe at Chemawa, is a son of the above men
tioned Mr. Brunoe, and he is a credit to his father.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day and our students
will be served a splendid dinner at noon. The various
employes, folloving a local custom of many years’
standing, will serve for the students and the orchestra
will provide music. In the afternoon the big Salem
High-Chemawa football game in Salem will claim the
major part of our population—probably. In the even
ing there will be a 10-reel “pay movie”—Noah’s Ark.
It looks like we are all going to have something for
which to be thankful.
Excepting for valuable knowledge acquired regard
ing the exact health conditions of our student body
the recent health survey at Chemawa is but a mem
ory—it is strange how quickly important affairs pass
from mind! However, as matters now stand our
school authorities possess data of the greatest value
regarding the health of our students. We cannot ex
pect anything in the way of health percentages, or
averages, yet, for it will take many weeks to pass on
what the individual charts reveal, but we know that
all is well and we will be enabled to make health con -
ditions still better as the result of the survey.
ESCORTS
Sun., Dec. 1—McBride
Winona
Hawley
Mr. Lobdeil
Mrs. Lobdeil
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Mrs. Mason
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- Miss Judd
Mr. D. S. Turner
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